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zemiroth
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[ Sephardic Hebrew zuh-mee-rawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew zuh-mi-rohs, zmi-ruhs ]
plural noun
Hebrew.
- traditional religious songs that are sung by Jews during the evening meal on Friday and the afternoon meal on Saturday.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of zemiroth1
əīōٳ songs, hymns
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Example Sentences
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When supper was over, grace was chanted and then the Zemiroth was sung—songs summing up in light and jingling metre the very essence of holy joyousness—neither riotous nor ascetic—the note of spiritualized common sense which has been the key-note of historical Judaism.
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